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<td class="v">3:1</td>
<td>This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:</td>
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<td class="v">3:2</td>
<td>That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:</td>
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<td class="v">3:3</td>
<td>Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,</td>
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<td class="v">3:4</td>
<td>And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.</td>
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<td class="v">3:5</td>
<td>For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:</td>
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<td class="v">3:6</td>
<td>Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:</td>
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<td class="v">3:7</td>
<td>But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.</td>
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<td class="v">3:8</td>
<td>But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.</td>
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<td class="v">3:9</td>
<td>The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.</td>
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<td class="v">3:10</td>
<td>But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.</td>
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<td class="v">3:11</td>
<td>Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,</td>
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<td class="v">3:12</td>
<td>Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?</td>
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<td class="v">3:13</td>
<td>Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.</td>
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<td class="v">3:14</td>
<td>Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.</td>
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<td class="v">3:15</td>
<td>And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;</td>
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<td class="v">3:16</td>
<td>As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.</td>
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<td class="v">3:17</td>
<td>Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.</td>
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<td class="v">3:18</td>
<td>But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.</td>
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